Corn-planter.



V. P. PAVEY.

CORN PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 4. 1908.

925,375, Patented June 15,1909.

WITNESSES THE cums PETE-RS co., WASHINGTON, o. c.

VERNON F. PAVEY, OF LEESBURG, OHIO.

CORN -PLA1\TTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Original application filedJ'anuary 18, 1908, Serial No. 411,516. Dividedand. this application filed. August 4, 1908.

' Serial No. 446,870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VERNON F. PAVEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Leesburg, in the county of Highland and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in corn planters, and especiallyrefers to a marker adapted to be arranged upon the drive wheel of aplanter, whereby the location of the seed hill is indicated for thepurpose of enabling the operator to plant the field in rows having thehills in a straight line in either direction across the field, so thatthe grain may be readily cultivated in both directions.

I contemplate the application of my improved marker to a corn plantersuch as is shown and described in my pending application, Serial No.411,516, filed January 18, 1908, and of which application the presentone is a division.

My invention further consists in the provision of a marker which may bepivotally connected with the tripping device for the dropper, and maytherefore be located around the circumference of the wheel as desired.

Referring to the drawing which is hereto attached and hereby made a partof this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wheel having myimproved marker thereon in place; Fig. 2 is a vertical transversesection through the wheel at the axle, showing the marker in section inplace, and out of position in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a plan view of themarker and a cross section of the same at a right angle to the aXis ofthe wheel.

In the drawings in which the same numeral indicates the same partthroughout, 1 is a driving wheel of a corn planter detached therefrom,mounted upon the node 2, andprovided around the inner face of the rimwith the teeth or lugs 3; mounted upon the axle 2 is the tripping device4 having the radial arms 5 and 6; additional arms may be provided ifdesired. Each arm of the tripping device is provided with the springactuated lever controlled rod 7, bifurcated at its outer end, for thepurpose of engaging the teeth or lugs 3, whereby the tripping device 4is coupled to the wheel to rotate therewith. At its outer end thetripping device is preferably formed with ahead or enlargement 8, whichis located opposite to the wheel rim; the marker 9 is constructed to bepivoted or hinged upon thehead 8 at 10, so that it may be swung tooccupya position on the Wheel as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and also thatit may be swung outwardly off of the wheel rim as shown in dotted linesin Fig 2. The marker 9 is formed with a cup shaped depression 11therein.

After the seeds are dropped, the earth is moved thereover from bothsides of the furrow by the tire face of the rim, which is formed with acircumferential channel or depression therein, this formation operatingto drive the earth inwardly along the beveled surface of the tire faceof the rim as the planter moves forward. This operation covers the seed,and the marker being pressed against the soft earth where the seed liescovered by the rotation of the wheel, will leave an inverted cup shapedhill, which is large enough to be readily seen by the operator over adistance comprising the width of several rows. The operator maytherefore readily position the dropper and marker so that the hills inthe row about to be planted will be in the straight lines oining thehills across the field. This manipulation or changing of the marker willprobably have to be made at the beginning of each journey across thefield and at any turn made around trees or stumps, and it is seen thatit will be easy to position the marker so that the hills of grain to beplanted in any particular journey across the field will be in alinementwith those which have been planted in the preceding rows.

At 12 I show a means of fastening the free end of the marker to thewheel when it has been positioned thereon; spring means or pin means orany other desired means may be utilized for this purpose, the chiefobject being to provide means which will permit the ready attachment anddetachment of the marker.

The form of the marker may be varied and the manner of attaching thesame may also be subject to change; my invention chiefly comprises theconstruction of a readily manipulated marker which may be attached tothe tripper and be moved thereon into and out of position. I do notlimit myself to the specific form of construction shown and described,therefore, but desire to claim all modifications which are within thespirit of my invention.

What I claim is;

1. In a corn planter having a dropper tripping device adapted to becoupled to the driving wheel, a marking device pivotally connected withsaid tripping device and adapted to be arranged upon the outer face ofthe wheel rim and to be disconnected therefrom as desired.

2. in a corn planter having a dropper tripping device adapted to becoupled to the driving wheel, a marking device pivotally mounted uponsaid tripping device and adapted to be arranged upon the outer face ofthe wheel rim and to be removed therellOlll as desired, and being formedwith a cup shaped depression whereby the earth is molded into aninverted cup shaped form after the seed has been planted.

3. In a corn planter having a wheel actuated dropper tripping device, amarking device i'or alining the seed hills, comprising a shallow cup,shaped member pivoted upon said tripping device and adapted to be swunginto position upon the outer face of the wheel rim and secured thereonand to be swung out of position by the operator as desired.

In testimony whereoi I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

VERNON F. PAVEY.

YVitnesses C. E. PAvEY, I. E. DAVIS.

